Michael Finn-Henry

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Born
Boston area
NationalityNorth American
Occupation
  • Speed Climber
  • Entrepreneur

Michael Finn-Henry is a North American speed climber and entrepreneur. Born in the Boston area, Michael attended the Carrol School from a young age due to significant dyslexia.[1][2][3] It was at The Carroll School that Michael discovered engineering and rock climbing.[2][4] In high school these passions would grow onto the world stage with Michael qualifying for his first men's USA Climbing Team in 2016 at the age of 16, and securing an engineering internship at the Mechatronics research lab at MIT that same year.[5][6]

From 2016 to 2021 he was a consistent member of the USA Climbing national team,[7][8] making multiple World Cup finals,[9][10] winning an IFSC Youth World Championship Medal[11][12] and retaining the collegiate national championship title throughout all four years of university.[13][14][15] At his last United States Men’s National Championship in 2021, Michael Finn-Henry qualified first in the US for men [16] and won the North American Cup Series [17] before going on to exercise his dual citizenship competing on the Canadian national team beginning in 2022.[18][19] Since then michael has broken the Canadian national record twice, in the 2022 Chamonix men’s World Cup with a time of 5.69 seconds,[20] and in the 2023 Salt Lake City men’s World Cup with a time of 5.59 seconds.[21] His stated goal is to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games for team Canada.[22][23]

Michael supported his climbing career with a series of entrepreneurial endeavors and research fellowships. Beginning with the commercialization of the research Michael was working on at MIT, Michael began a series of research based companies and licensing deals.[6][24][25][26][27][28] In 2019 Michael was the recipient of the Vanderbilt Bruce and Bridget Evan’s Entrepreneur Scholarship in addition to being awarded the Searle Research Fellowship during his bachelors degree.[23][29] Upon graduating from Vanderbilt with a Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering, Michael, deferred from a PhD of Mechanical Engineering at Harvard University in order to train for the 2024 Olympics in Speed Climbing, and run EndoShunt Medical Inc., the medical device company he co-founded while at Vanderbilt. [23][30][31]

References

  1. ↑ McGee, Suzanne (August 29, 2014). "How a 15-Year-Old Investor Beat the Market". The Financial Times. Retrieved July 15, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "May 2022 - Carroll School". www.carrollschool.org. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  3. ↑ "Lincoln resident named to Brimmer honor roll". Wicked Local. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  4. ↑ Apr 25; 2022; Pm, 1:05. "Rock-climbing student duo pursues scientific, business and Olympic dreams". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2023-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Brumm, Sue (2016-03-21). "Weekend Review: Mar 18 – 20". Chalk Dust. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Finding leaks while they're easy to fix". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  7. ↑ "USA Climbing 2019 Sport and Speed Nationals: Highs and Lows". Climbing. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  8. ↑ "Shiraishi, Lightner Win 2017 Sport Climbing Nationals". Climbing. 2017-03-14. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  9. ↑ Burgman, John (July 9, 2018). "recap and photo gallery ifsc villars world cup 2018 lead and speed". Climbing Magazine. Retrieved July 15, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ↑ "Speed climbing at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Cup", Wikipedia, 2023-03-13, retrieved 2023-07-15
  11. ↑ Sanderson, Caleb (September 23, 2017). "Team Usa Finishes Strong at IFSC Youth World Championships". Climbing Magazine. Retrieved July 15, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ↑ gripped (2018-08-07). "IFSC Youth World Championships 2017 Report". Gripped Magazine. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  13. ↑ "2022 Collegiate National Championship Concludes – USA Climbing". 2022-04-27. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  14. ↑ "Collegiate National Championships Recap". Gym Climber. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  15. ↑ Jones, Griffin (October 26, 2020). "Ascending to new heights: The Vanderbilt Climbing Club". Vanderbilt Hustler. Retrieved July 15, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ↑ Burgman, John (November 16, 2021). "shocking upsets in speed are all the buzzer at nationals results and a hang onto your seat recap". Climbing Magazine. Retrieved July 15, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ↑ Marceau, Christiane (2021-10-12). "2021 NACS Richmond - a success for the first NACS in Canada!". Climbing Escalade Canada. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  18. ↑ Walker, Noah (April 5, 2022). "The 10 Canadians Bouldering in the 2022 Meiringen World Cup". Gripped Indoor Climbing. Retrieved July 15, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ↑ Marceau, Christiane (2022-10-12). "2022 IFSC World Cup Season - Speed & Lead Recaps". Climbing Escalade Canada. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  20. ↑ "KIROMAL KATIBIN BREAKS HIS FIFTH WORLD RECORD, SETS THE BAR AT FIVE SECONDS FLAT!". www.ifsc-climbing.org. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  21. ↑ Dheensaw, Cleve (June 7, 2023). "Minister's climb — and $1M contribution — impresses Olympic hopefuls". Times Colonist. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  22. ↑ Sidaway, Kori (June 9, 2023). "$1 million grant awarded to Central Saanich rock climbing gym to maintain national program". Chek News. Retrieved July 15, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Wolf, Amy (April 25, 2023). "Rock-climbing student duo pursues scientific, business and Olympic dreams". Vanderbilt university Research News. Retrieved July 15, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  24. ↑ CRAWFORD, MARK (March 17, 2023). "Backpack Could Reduce the Risk of Fall". R&D Pulse. Retrieved July 15, 2023.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  25. ↑ Wu, You; Kim, Kristina; Henry, Michael Finn; Youcef-Toumi, Kamal (September 24, 2017). "Design of a leak sensor for operating water pipe systems". IEEE/RSJ. IEEE: 6075–6082. doi:10.1109/IROS.2017.8206506. ISBN 978-1-5386-2682-5.
  26. ↑ Wu You, Youcef-Toumi Kamal, S. Kim Kristina, Finn Henry Michael, Ben Mansour Rached. "In-pipe leak detection systems, devices, and methods." Patent US10845007B2. 17 October 2017.
  27. ↑ Finn-Henry, Michael; Brenes, Jose Leonardo; Baimyshev, Almaskhan; Goldfarb, Michael (2023-05-29). "Preliminary Evaluation of a Wearable Thruster for Arresting Backwards Falls". IEEE: 12604–12609. doi:10.1109/ICRA48891.2023.10160518. ISBN 979-8-3503-2365-8. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  28. ↑ Baimyshev, Almaskhan; Finn-Henry, Michael; Goldfarb, Michael (2022-08-01). "Feasibility of a Wearable Cold-Gas Thruster for Fall Prevention". Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control. 144 (8). doi:10.1115/1.4054529. ISSN 0022-0434.
  29. ↑ "Michael Finn-Henry awarded a Bruce and Bridgitt Evans Scholarship". The SyBBURE Searle Undergraduate Research Program. 2020-05-18. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  30. ↑ "Michael Finn-Henry - Crunchbase Person Profile". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  31. ↑ "Michael Finn-Henry '18 Excels in Speed Climbing". Brimmer and May School. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2023-06-04.

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